the original linux doc says that it is enough to have about 300 M for
the / and as much as u need like 2400M for /usr and about 300 M for
/home and any other partition you will like. Having separate partitions
help you manage the machine properly and allows easier upgrades and so
on. however i have only one partition / which is a complete hdd of 4 GB
and have had no problems. All other things are in separate
directories!!!!!!On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been reading about partitioning quite a lot, but none of the
> places I've read really give any reasons for their suggestions. I
> know you can have all of Linux in one partition, but I'd like to do it
> the best way. From various places I've seen separate partitions for
> /, /boot, /usr, /var, and /home.
>
> How are these more useful separated out over many partitions?
> What kind of space would they typically take up?
> What is the functionallity of these partitions?
> How do I tell Linux that I've created separate partitions for /usr and
> /var for instance?
>
> Thanks,
> Jake
>
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